Every time a stronghold was destroyed, Deng Ming continued to go south along the avenue. The new Qing army outpost on the road would not know what happened at their front station. Even if the Qing soldiers planned to report the message to the rear, they would not be faster than Deng Ming and his party who took all their horses. When these Qing soldiers who reported the message came to their next station, they would see the ruins of Yu Yan.

Deng Ming’s biggest advantage at present is that the enemy did not know that such a Ming army had invaded Dongchuan Prefecture, and did not know that the Dongchuan garrison had been defeated and died, so his seals were all criticized as being in the hands of the Ming army. But this situation was timely.

After defeating more than 800 Qing troops, Deng Ming and his party rushed to Dongchuan territory without hesitation, and tested the first Qing army stronghold they saw. Confirm that the enemy did not know the battle that occurred near Jianchang, he issued a batch of orders to disrupt audio-visual through the stronghold, which was also to cover up their follow-up actions.

However, the Ming army did not destroy the first stronghold because there were nearly a hundred Qing army soldiers. As the largest and most important reserve warehouse in Dongchuan Prefecture, the defense there was far tighter than the posts in the rear with only a dozen guards. Deng Ming was not sure to easily take them down. Sooner or later, the Qing army defeated soldiers from the Battle of Jianchang would flee there, so that the defenders would understand the truth and realize the true identity of Deng Ming and his party. Therefore, Deng Ming was determined to destroy all Qing army posts along the way and prevent the Qing army's messengers from getting supplies and transfer horses. In this era without radio and telephone, Deng Ming believed that as long as he ran fast enough, he would not have to worry about his identity being exposed too early.

...

"ah--"

A Qing soldier who was on fire screamed and jumped off the burning watchtower. He fell heavily to the ground and was still struggling on the ground. However, no one of the Ming soldiers surrounding the watchtower paid attention to the flames slowly crawling on the ground. He was still staring at the tower with all his concentration, observing whether there were surviving enemies.

The leader of this post was quickly removed after the Ming army arrived, but unlike the post in front, a fierce Qing army stood up. The leader was still at the watchtower to continue to resist and turned a deaf ear to the Ming army's persuasion to surrender. For safety reasons, the Ming army had to start besieging the post. At first, the Ming army tentatively launched a direct attack. The opponent's combat quality could not be compared with those of the Ming army, the generals who were selected from a hundred miles away. Moreover, the opponent was trapped on a simple tower, with no reinforcements or officers. The Ming army thought the opponent would collapse suddenly.

But although the Qing soldiers were desperate, they did not surrender to the attackers as the Ming army expected. Instead, they resisted like crazy and injured Liu Jinge. It seems that direct attack is not good. The best way to deal with a simple wooden tower without wall protection is fire attack. However, when torch was piled up under the tower, they may be attacked violently. When Deng Ming was still a little hesitant, Zhou Kaihuang made a quick decision and used his sword to force the Qing army auxiliary soldiers in the barracks to transport wood, and coal was piled under the tower.

Many auxiliary soldiers were hit by the wood and stones thrown from the tower and were bleeding, but in less than half an hour, the torch was piled up. With Zhou Kaihuang's order, people threw more than a dozen torches on it.

Another two Qing soldiers covered in fire fell out of the tower, and soon the entire tower was swallowed by flames. The four Qing guards who were still alive at this post were kneeling on the ground, with no expression on their faces, and nearly a hundred auxiliary soldiers were all pale. I don’t know what to do about them next. There is no need to give these Qing auxiliary soldiers any guarantee letters. After this fierce attack battle, Deng Ming felt that not many people could believe that they were Baoning soldiers.

"I don't have time to imprison you now." Deng Ming said to the Qing soldiers waiting for the ruling. As soon as he said this, the already terrified Qing soldiers felt that the disaster was coming, and many people were already trembling.

"Bundle them up!" Deng Ming pointed to the four combat soldiers, tied them up and blocked his mouth. Deng Ming picked a few people from the Qing army's auxiliary soldiers and counted the number of people in a pretentious manner, took out a piece of paper, and wrote a few strokes on it to him: "Walk north along the avenue, and after seeing the army, handed the paper and these four people to the officers leading the army. Along the way, the cloth they spoke from them is not allowed to be taken out! I guarantee you are safe and sound. It states that there are ninety-four people in your team. As long as you can keep more than 90% of them, if no more than ten people escape, you will have the credit!"

"Thank you, Mr. General!"

"Thank you, Mr. General!"

The tycoons kept thanking. Among the ninety-four people, several auxiliary soldiers who were injured when attacking the tower just now. Deng Ming did not say how long it would take to meet the Ming army. These suspicious civilians would probably have been walking north seriously. Now Deng Ming is increasingly discovering the importance of details. They have no horses, so it is impossible for them to inform the next stop in the south in time, and carry the wounded on a stretcher, which will be slower. However, if possible, Deng Ming still has to try to get them to walk north for a while and buy more time for himself.

After dealing with the enemy's problems, Deng Ming walked to Liu Jinge and asked about his injuries.

"It's okay, it's okay." Liu Jinge said relaxed, but his forehead was covered with cold sweat and his face turned white.

Just now, Liu Jinge was slashed hard by the other party when he wanted to rush up the stairs. Fortunately, he had armor protection and did not cause fatal injuries. However, this knife cut open the cotton armor on his body and cut a hole in his arms.

After pumping water to clean Liu Jinge's wounds, Zhou Kaihuang raised a fire again. He first carefully wiped his sword, cleared the rust and soil on it, and then placed the tip of the sword in the fire and grilled it on both sides until it was red.

He found a wooden stick for Liu Jinge to bite him, and then several people pressed him firmly. Zhou Kaihuang walked towards him with a burning long sword. Liu Jinge, who had a stick in his mouth, kept staring at Zhou Kaihuang's figure. When the latter walked to him, Liu Jinge suddenly closed his eyes and closed it tightly.

Honey~

Deng Ming watched Zhou Kaihuang lightly lit the red sword tip on Liu Jinge's wound, and at the same time he smelled the burning smell of human flesh. This is a very primitive way to deal with metal trauma, but there is no other good way in this era. After using high temperature to prevent inflammation and stop bleeding, the inflammation may be lighter, and people with strong bodies may be able to survive.

"Okay...Okay." After bandaging Liu Jinge, it took him a while before he could speak, but his voice was still trembling.

Liu Jinge was unwilling to leave the team, but what he needed now was to have a good rest and drink more water so that he could survive the period when the inflammation was most fierce. At this time, if Liu Jinge continued to the team, he would be killed in two days.

After thinking about it, Deng Ming said to Yuan Xiang: "You stay with Brother Liu, don't let him walk around within three days. You may start to have a fever tomorrow. When the fever subsides in a few days, you will go back to Jianchang first."

The guards of this stronghold had similar ideas to the first disobedient officer that Deng Ming encountered, and even the anger and confusion in their hearts were about the same. But at this time, Deng Ming and his party were no longer the first time. With six experiences and six subsequent summaries, they were already very skilled experts, and they were easy to solve this problem and were at ease.

In front of these increasingly skilled attackers, the trouble the defenders could cause to them became less and less, and injuries like Liu Jinge never happened again.

I saw another stronghold that I burned down. When it was late, the Ming army was camping nearby. They dug out some unfinished food from the ruins, some replenished their luggage, and some buried them on the spot.

"There is no war today. Is there anything to summarize the marching?" Deng Ming took out his small notebook and prepared to help everyone record their speeches. He planned to teach everyone to read, but although everyone said they wanted to learn, they all thought that the time was not the time. The problem of learning characters could be discussed until it was safer.

"I have an idea, which is how to better dig out edible food from the burnt ash..."

Wu San's words caused laughter from his companions, and Deng Ming couldn't help but smile: "Is that so? Tell me."

It seems that there is nothing particularly impressive about everyone today. After talking for a while, he saw that there was no important topic, so Deng Ming gently closed the notebook.

"I have an idea," Zhou Kaihuang said.

"Well, let's talk." Deng Ming reopened the book he had just put away, and he didn't know what great ideas Zhou Kaihuang would express.

"This time in Dongchuan, I think many Tartars died too unfairly." Zhou Kaihuang wanted to say not what happened today, but some of the feelings that came from these days.

The duty of a soldier is to obey, and the superiors can decide the life and death of their subordinates. Everyone thinks it is right. Deng Ming used the command arrows and seals of the Qing army generals to successfully suppress many people. The officers who refused to set fire to fire were violating military orders, so they committed a death sentence - this reason could be accepted by Qing soldiers, so the Ming army did not need to attack one by one, nor did they need to be responsible for lighting all the outposts, otherwise they would not have to be beaten and they would be exhausted.

Zhou Kaihuang didn't think there was anything wrong with obedience, but this success made him a little confused. That is: If the Ming army had the same problem in the future, what if a team of Qing army used the captured seal to destroy the Ming army? The previous rule was that once the seal was lost, it would be reported immediately, and the new seal should be recast as quickly as possible and the new specifications were reported. In the past, Zhou Kaihuang thought that this would be enough to deal with it, but now he saw with his own eyes that this was not enough, and it was far from enough. In the past, no one used the captured seal to launch an attack like this, and it was a continuous attack. What's more, for an experienced team - such as their current one, even if there was no seal, he could use his understanding of the inside story to cause significant losses to the enemy.

"There is a unit that specifically checks the authenticity of the seal and the authenticity of the officers and soldiers." The questions raised by Zhou Kaihuang immediately caused heated discussions. It seems that all the guards have considered similar issues these days.

"How could it be possible to know the seals of all generals? How could there be such troops checking seals everywhere?"

"Or there is only one special force that can determine life and death." Another said.

"This is even more impossible. Can this army still control other people's servants and personal soldiers? Is it not up to the top to decide whether it is damn, but this army has the final say? Who will agree?" Opponents found this idea too unrealistic, because it obviously involved the inherent rights of officers, violated the convention of "large-sized and large-scale" and violated the traditional feudal rights.

Deng Ming put down his pen in a daze. He vaguely felt that the special force that these subordinates are discussing now seems to be a bit similar to the future military police force, and their discussion seems to involve some modern military systems.

Although the discussion was lively, there was no result.

Before going to bed, Deng Ming calculated the number of days. If Liu Jinge survived, he and Yuan Xiang should almost start returning to Jianchang at this time.

...

At this time, Di Sanxi left Jianchang with three hundred soldiers, more than a thousand auxiliary soldiers, some food and infinite tragic heroism.

Yesterday, Di Sanxi used the reason to go out of the city to search Deng Ming's whereabouts to bid farewell to Feng Shuangli. The latter stared at him for a long time and finally nodded with difficulty: "There is no banquet in the world that will last. Come and get wine! You and I will drink something today."

Finally, Di Sanxi made Feng Shuangli believe that he was not going to escape for fear of crime. Yes, Di Sanxi was unwilling to be killed, but he didn't want to be a betrayal dog; Di Sanxi would not go to Wu Sangui, without the contribution of Jianchang, he would not be treated with courtesy even if he went there. Maybe he would be irritated, and his fate might not be better than escaping to the wilderness.

Although I explained it for a long time, before leaving the city today, Feng Shuangli and some colleagues who had been together before still sent some gold and silver. Di San was so upset: I am not going to escape, I don’t need this money.

When he found that Di Sanxi did not bring his family when he left the city, there was a look of surprise on the faces of the officers and soldiers. Di Sanxi pressed his annoyance and did not care about them because there were too many people thinking so. After hearing Di Sanxi's words that he wanted to set out to find Deng Ming, the first request was to give them more time so that they could move their family to leave Jianchang together.

As for those nodding friends, they all stood far away at this moment. Seeing them evasively, Di Sanxi had a guess in his heart: Perhaps everyone was secretly glad that Di Sanxi ran away, and hoped that he would not come back, so that all the charges could be pushed onto him. Not only did he not have to worry about him breaking the brink of death and talking nonsense, but also letting Di Sanxi go one horse helps his accomplices get conscience comfort.

"Go to Dongchuan!" After leaving the city, Di Sanxi looked at the loyal servants and their soldiers, and told them the true destination of the trip.

Di Sanxi guessed that Deng Ming would not give up Jianchang and return to Fengjie, but even if Deng Ming really did not go to Dongchuan as he thought, Di Sanxi would have to sacrifice his life to Dongchuan - he went barefoot to do some damage to save his image: I am not a plain face but a loyal minister; I am not a white nose but a brave and resourceful general!

The guards all nodded silently, looking like "The wind is whistling and the Yishui is cold, and the heroes will never return once they leave."
Chapter completed!